Your heros

[shrekfan246]

Dr. Freeman.

Spoiler

He doesn't even have to say anything to be an absolute bad-ass, slaughtering thousands of combine soldiers.

Your image is broken, but I'd have to say it's probably broken in the most unique and hilarious way I've ever seen.

OT: EDIT: Okay, I'm just going to go with Gene Roddenberry. If it weren't for him, there never would've been a Star Trek, which means there never would've been The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine, which means we never would've had the most entertaining antagonist ever (Q [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBwoEXlTph0]) and much of science-fiction probably would be much, much different than it is now if it had even become popular to begin with.

Extra EDIT not that people care: George Carlin. Just George Carlin.

 

[spartan231490]

I don't have anything like a hero, but I do have people I look up to.

Mark Twain:
"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure."
Just makes me think of politicians.

"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare."
also makes me think of politics

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
people can talk about how important schooling is, but quibble all you want, this man knew the true shape of the world. True learning can only come from within.

"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please."
Speaks for itself

"It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race."
This reminds me of most everything I am exposed to from our modern world.

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man."

"There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact."

This man had the intelligence and wisdom to do anything he wanted, but instead of pursuing fame or fortune, he followed his heart and simply did what he wanted and fuck what everyone else thought.

Albert Einstein. Just for how smart he was and how willing he was to admit his own mistakes on the Manhattan project

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form."

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but world War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

And the founding fathers, because the were willing to fight for what they believed in, and didn't insist on being made gods because of it. Particularly Thomas Jefferson

"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."

"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear."

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it"

 

[Fasckira]

George Gideon Osborne.
He showed me that you don't have to be intelligent, resourceful or have the necessary qualifications in economics to become the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

I love you George, and I look forward to walking through Number 11 when I also become Chancellor.

This quote represents one of the reasons why we need a rep or like system here at Escapist...

As for me, my hero would probably be... I dont know. I cant think of anyone I respect at that level to earn the hero title.

 

[John the Gamer]

Only one is eligable.


Obviously.

Real life hero; probably Otto von Bismarck or something

 

[Alssadar]

I would have to say I look up to:
1. Spike Spiegel: He's somewhat lazy, yet he gets shit done. He's cynical, yet optimistic. He's no paragon, yet he's a good person. So long, space cowboy.
2. Ray Bradbury: As one who dreams for a future that might never exist, as well a writing stories of such imaginations, let me drink a glass of dandelion wine, in your memory, Bradbury.
3. Those who are selfless and humble, like so: http://artofmanliness.com/2011/05/29/motivational-posters-from-the-band-of-brothers/

Spoiler: Short blips from the 101st Airborne

4. Basically, anyone featured on artofmanliness.com (Expand from link above)
5. The warrior-poets of yore, who are not as widely respected in nowadays age of cursing and explosions. A wee bit of class and elegance can still get one far in the eyes of the romantic, while the practicality of a realist.

Every one is human and put effort towards advancing the species for our gain, but those who strive for the greater of all humanity are those who deserve credit for our greatness.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

My grandfather. He lived through Nazi and communist Hungary, participated in the Hungarian revolution, barely escaped to America with his life and family, worked on the space program (I believe he met Braun once), and is an all around wonderful example of a life worth living. Sure he isn't perfect, but I respect him very much.

 

[shrekfan246]

Dr. Freeman.

Spoiler

He doesn't even have to say anything to be an absolute bad-ass, slaughtering thousands of combine soldiers.

Your image is broken, but I'd have to say it's probably broken in the most unique and hilarious way I've ever seen.

Care to describe?

I am seeing the image just fine.

Well, unless the picture is supposed to be this...

It's an image of a chick in a red jumpsuit with text plastered all over that reads "Hot Alien Girls don't agree with your methods" "Hotlinking is stealing!" and a big red 'Stop' sign.

 

[ProtoChimp]

Um... err... uhhhhhh... CM Punk? He's straight edge and he's my favourite wrestler so I guess? Never had any as a kid.

 

[Dethenger]

Spoiler: #1

George Carlin

Spoiler: #2

Bill Hicks

Spoiler: #3

Dave Chappelle

 

[Ljs1121]

Jimmy McMillan. Others may look at him and see that dumb guy who nonsensically ranted about the rent payment in a political debate. But when I gaze upon his glorious facial hair, I see something different. I see a devoted man. I see somebody who noticed an injustice and stood up for what was right. I see a karate expert who is respectful to those around him even if they deserve no such respect. Above all, I see hope. I see a bright and shining future for those New Yorkers who struggle to feed themselves and their families. I see a unified country in which everyone, white and black, young and old, atheist and theist, male and female, can stand united against the evils of our world and all find agreement on the fact that the rent is simply too high! Freedom, I say! FREEDOM!

Also, there's Mr. Rogers.

 

[Geekiest]

Queen Elizabeth I is one of my heroes. She balanced a highly precarious political situation, holding war at bay with some very careful dancing around the issue of marriage, supported the Arts, helped cement England's political and religious freedom from the Pope, and defeated the Spanish Armada, which had dominated the seas for longer than she'd been alive. She was a masterful early example of women's capability to lead, and lead very well indeed, despite a great many enemies arrayed against her.

Frederick Douglass is also one of my heroes. He's a masterfully eloquent writer, whose philosophy and explanations on the horrors and double-edged damage of slavery brought about change and laid out the hope and foundation for african americans to pursue their gifts in an environment that inch by careful inch began to recognize their excellence, skill, and equality. If you haven't ready any of his auto-biography, I highly recommend it. It's a beautiful piece of literature.

 

[Kielgasten]

Samuel Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch
(commander, sir Samuel, his grace the duke of Ankh, Blackboard Monitor etc.)
Because he is an slightly flawed hero-character, yet he has a will that you could bend iron around, and through this he compensates for all his flaws.
He might not, technically, be real, but I think he is certainly a worthy rolemodel.

Btw, I´ve known him for a long time, so I´m presumptious enough to just call him Mr. Vimes ;-)

 

[ninjaRiv]

Philip K Dick, Narrator in Fight Club (not the actor, just the character. Although Norton is a fantastic actor). Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Jim Carrey, Batman, John Constantine and The Punisher.

To be honest, I wouldn't say they're my heroes so much as their attitudes, personalities or aspects of both inspire me.

 

[soren7550]

Only one one is coming to mind at the moment:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I'm a loser and that many don't like the games (namely Zero), but read Perfect Dark: Initial Vector, Janus' Tears, and Second Front. She's just an amazing character, and Zero was one of the major reasons why I want to be a book writer (hell, in my first full story I wrote I named the main character after her as an homage).

 

[Latenz1134]

Captain Jean-Luc Picard

I concur. I guess you could say he is my number one. Your points are spot-on, he truly is a good figure if one seeks inspiration.

 

[Surpheal]

In no particular order of any kind, they march this way:

Wayne Barlowe
Theodore Roosevelt
Nikola Tesla
Leonardo Da Vinci
George Carlin
Howard Hughes
Simo Hayha

Tesla, Hughes, and Vinci because they were rather eccentric in their own little way. Carlin because he is just fucking hilarious. Barlowe because of his art and ideas. And Roosevelt and Hayha because, as I write this, I have a feeling that they could take me out even in death.